Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works

by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, William C. Spruiell

This collection of new essays applies a wide range of critical frameworks to the analysis of prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. Essays focus on topics such as Pratchett's treatment of noise and silence and their political implications; art as an anodyne for racial conflict; humor and cognitive debugging; visual semiotics; linguistic stylistics and readers' perspectives of word choice; and Derrida and the "monstrous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786474645
• ISBN13: 9780786474646
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher